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Projects

Helping people to help themselves. Concentration on the essentials.

The village of Jahaly has been the starting point of our projects in The Gambia since 1988. Jahaly is located on the south side of the Gambia River - 270 kilometers from the capital Banjul and the well-developed coastal region.

Twice a year, rice is planted in the surrounding fields. The stagnant water in the rice fields is a year-round breeding ground for the larvae of the Anopheles mosquito. They are the cause of the extremely high rate of malaria cases around Jahaly.


Our projects

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The “Jahaly Health Centre” serves up to 46,000 patients per year – outpatients as well as inpatients – and is considered one of the country’s best health facilities. In 2009 it has been recognized by the Gambian government as a “model clinic”. The clinic has several surgeries, two wards, a laboratory, a pharmacy, an ambulance car and a maternity …

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In 2004 Project Aid The Gambia opened the Jahaly/Madina kindergarten with pre-school for 240 children right next to the “Jahaly Health Centre”. The cost for construction and operation of the first three years were financed through a charity fundraising program of RTL German Television. The request to attend kindergarten and pre-school has …

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About 1,000 women of Jahaly and neighbouring Madina work on four gardens with a total size of more than 100,000 m². The gardens were an initiative of the villagers. It was in the year 2002 that the women’s committees of the two villages requested support of the Project Aid. They had joined together with about 220 women and wanted to have a …

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Since 2012 around 10,000 Moringa Oleifera trees have been planted on the area behind Jahaly Health Centre and Kindergarten. You may see the plantation  here  on Google Maps. In 2018 and 2020, two bush fires in the neighbourhood spread to the plantation and destroyed most of the trees. Currently (May 2021), the plantation is being replanted. After …

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In 2010 Project Aid started to develop eco-friendly ovens, which are meant to replace the traditional open fires people use to cook in the villages. The ovens save a lot of fire wood and make cooking more comfortable as the smoke does not longer cause diseases of eyes or irritations of the respiration path. They also decrease the risk of burn …

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In June 2012 Project Aid The Gambia started a cooperation with the German charity “Friedensdorf (Peace Village) International”.  Sick and injured children are brought from The Gambia to Germany for often life-saving surgeries. The little patients undergo a strict selection process in The Gambia. Children from areas of war or crises can only be …

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Every contribution, no matter how small, helps the people of Jahaly on their way to a better future. Help us help. Whether 10 Euro or 10.000 Euro - every donation is an important contribution and basis for our work in the bush clinic, Jahaly/Madina kindergarten and our other projects in Gambia.

Project sponsorship for the education of a preschool child

Become a sponsor for one of the up to 450 places in our kindergarten with preschool. Support us with a monthly basic amount of 15 €.

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Supporting the work of Projekthilfe Gambia e.V. in the long term

You can support Projekthilfe Gambia e.V. with a regular donation and become a supporter of the aid organization for at least 10 € per month until further notice.

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Support the work of the Projekthilfe Gambia e.V. once

You can support Projekthilfe Gambia e.V. with a one-time donation.

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